Boyfriend For Sale // CASTLE J X WIN

Shed

SEUNGJUN'S POV
"H-hey Seungmin...," I say shakily, my hand holding the phone up to my ear. I hear the loud bustling of the store I asked Seungmin to go to, he seems clearly distraught from the words I meekly managed to mutter.

"Calm down Seongjun," soft phrases come out of his mouth, attempting to expel the panic from my system while simultaneously searching for Junhyuk.

"I-I can't calm down, I don't know where he is," I say, my breath hitching on certain syllables.

"Okay... okay, help me search then," he responds firmly.

"... what?"

"You're all worried and you don't know what to do. I'm telling you. Help me search... I promise, I promise you'll find him."

The words come like a bucket of cold water splashing over my head, my features turning into a blank sheet from the realization that came with Seungmin's words.

What am I doing here, relying on my friend to search for the one person in my life that has tremendous value to me. The one person that helped me through many things. The one person that I've ever loved.

"A-Alright," is what escapes my mouth, before letting him speak another word. He's right, I need to help him.

I bring my body up in a staggered manner, but enough of a quick pace to be able to swiftly make it to the front door, opening it, the cold air pricking my skin as a gust of wind passes. The sky is grey, shedding not even a speck of light past the gloomy clouds, instead bringing a somber feeling in the air.

The walk (more like run) to the store passes by quickly, only the endless thuds from the soles of my shoes hitting the concrete stays repeating over and over in my head, my heart beat becoming in sync with the endless tapping of my feet all the way there. As I enter, my frantic movements and panicked expression pulls the attention of other store dwellers, a furrowed eyebrow visible on each of their faces. I pay no mind to them as I search the entire store, each individual aisle gets checked thoroughly. I even went up to the store clerk asking if someone with Junhyuk's description was here around an hour ago, but to my dismay, the man working the register shook his head.

"N-no... where c-could he be...?," I choke out after having left the store, my eyes wide as they stare at the ground, my hair dropping down to cover my face. My hands are wounded into tight fists, slightly shaking at how tightly they're held closed, the tips of my knuckles turning white.

I shake my head abruptly, convincing myself that standing there won't help bring Junhyuk back and I take off into another sprint, running to another grocery store around the area, somewhere that Junhyuk could've also bought the ingredients from. As I enter, the same process repeats as I look through every possible place in the store before asking the cashier, only to hear a negative confirmation come from their mouth. 

I go through the third store, now having probably gotten the attention of at least 50 or more people with all of my store trips combined as sweat can be seen glistening on my face while my hair sticks to my forehead, practically drenched despite the absence of rain. 

My footsteps slow significantly after leaving  the third store, not being able to think of another store that both me and Junhyuk have been in, my hope depleting significantly. What if he got lost? What if he got kidnapped? Mugged? What... what if he's in pain right now? And I'm just walking in the cold, empty streets all around me. I can't help it. I feel so... so... what's the word? I feel so small. So insignificant. Unable to help whom I love, I feel so...

Helpless.

The sound of the front door opening breaks me out of my thoughts, my face stained with dry tears. After arriving back home, I burst into tears and almost immediately called Seungmin, asking if he had found Junhyuk. He hadn't. Instead, he noticed how distraught sounding I was, and asked me within seconds where I was right now. That's how I had ended in this situation, my face wet from tears, while Seungmin entered in a clear rush, searching vigorously through the house until he spotted me sitting on my bed in my room. Well... Junhyuk's room too.

"Hey, hey , hey... are you okay?," he asks, coming closer after having closed the bedroom door before sitting beside me, an arm resting around my shoulder. Too many emotions overcome me at that moment as I hitch a sob, bringing my pained face into my hands. I feel the grip Seungmin has around my shoulders get tighter in reassurance and I only lean into the touch.

"I-I... I'm not okay! I-I don't know w-where he is, and I-I've searched e-every store t-that you d-didn't, b-but I still c-couldn't find h-him and I-I don't k-know what t-to do and I-I'm such a t-terrible p-person, I can't e-even find t-the one p-person I l-love, I d-don't kn--,"

Seungmin cuts off my endless rambling, half of it being barely understandable.

"You are not a terrible person. It's not your fault that you don't know where he is. You've tried your best to find him but you couldn't. Deal with it. Stop blabbering, stop saying all of this nonsense. Take a deep breath, and reorganize your thoughts. You really aren't seeing the main priority. Tell me, what is it?,"

"I-it's -sniff- to find Junhyuk,"

"Exactly. You do know the main priority. So why the hell are you sitting here like a sore loser when we both know that's not the way you're going to find him. Now come on, up we go. We're going to the police station."

I lift my head, looking at the now standing Seungmin and I quickly grab the arm he held out, pulling myself off of the bed, wiping my face with the sleeve of my black shirt. He smiles brightly, his naturally warm aura taking place in the room, and I faintly smile back. 

Though I'm not sure if that smile was genuine or not, maybe just for a bit... maybe just for a millisecond... I felt like everything would turn out okay.

__________AUTHORS NOTE

This was a shorter chapter than usual (and also published late). Im sorry for that! I've just been busy with school and all that jazz so I might refrain from sticking to a set schedule but MY GOAL is to update every Friday :) 

I will most likely be updating at least once a week :)